QUESTION: May a district judge introduce a candidate for the state
Legislature to his personal friends and recommend that such friends vote for such
candidate?

ANSWER: The Committee on Judicial Ethics is of the opinion that the
question should be answered in the affirmative. In Opinion Number 2
this Committee held that a Texas judge would not violate the Code of Judicial Conduct by
privately introducing candidates for judicial office to his friends and recommending that
such friends vote for such candidates. The Committee now reaffirms that opinion and
extends its scope so that henceforth it will be applicable to all candidates for public
office.

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*Several provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct concerning political activity have
been amended subsequent to this opinion.